50 Free Genealogy Websites

The folks over at Family History Daily have a new article titled 50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today. “Looking for a list of free genealogy sites to search? Here are 50 no-cost family history resources where you will find birth, marriage and death records,...

Learn the Meaning and Origin of Your Surname

Ancestry.com has a page where you can enter a surname to find the meaning and history of that name. Some of the interesting facts you’ll learn about your surname: Meaning and History Where your family lived in the U.S. and U.K. Average life expectancy When your...

Where to Donate Records to Make Them Available to Everyone

The following article originally appeared in Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter 1 February 2015 A newsletter reader sent an interesting question this week, asking where to donate newly-found documents that may be of interest to many other genealogists....

Exploring the Ancestry YouTube Channel

If you use Ancestry.com, do you know all the features and areas they provide to you? If not, you might want to spend 5 minutes viewing their video explaining all the offereings on their YouTube Channel with educational tools available through our Learning Center and...